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    different lifestyles. When in the public eye, they portray themselves as someone that would appeal to the people. Behind closed doors, however, they are someone completely different. This is especially evident in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer uses ironic characteristics of the Friar and Merchant from “The Prologue” and the Knight from “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” to criticize the deceptive nature of the people during The Middle Ages. The author uses irony through the friar’s…

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    Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the first great English poet. He lived during a time of war, plague and social revolt. Despite these terrible things, society was very vibrant, creative, and increasingly literate (“Chaucer and His Works”). There is not a lot of information about Chaucer`s early life. He was probably born in London, sometime between 1340 and 1345. His father was a successful wine merchant, but there is no further information about his childhood or education. In 1357, he served as…

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    The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer circa 1386, is a collection of stories as told by characters on a pilgrimage. These tales seem to point of a multitude of problems with society present in Chaucer’s time. It appears that Chaucer has used the tales and characters as a means of drawing attention to the corruption in the church, social classes, and gender based issues. His views of the corruption that existed in religious figures is best exemplified in the character of the Pardoner.…

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    Geoffrey Chaucer is widely acknowledged as the greatest English Poet of the middle ages. His best-known works are: The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde. What is revealed in the analysis of Geoffrey Chaucer’s works? An analysis of Geoffrey Chaucer literary works reveals that they are based on his characteristic use of clever sarcastically wit. Chaucer uses satire in the descriptions of the pilgrims in the “General Prologue” of The Canterbury Tales to reveal corruption in the Church that…

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    Tales, pilgrims were making pilgrimages to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket. This pilgrimage started in a place called Southwart. The narrator of this story is Geoffrey Chaucer, who was born into the middle class and considered to be the greatest English poet of his lifetime. He spoke many languages including French and Italian. Chaucer was part of the government, so money was not an issue for him. Society had three levels at this time: clergy, nobles, and traders or general labor workers. The…

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    Corruption in the Catholic Church was partially exposed through Geoffrey Chaucer’s tale of irony, The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale. Disapproval of the Church was a major social issue during the medieval period because of it’s contravening actions. Eventually, this led to the Protestant Reformation. Prior to this historical stepping stone, people acted out against the Church. Medieval writers, like Geoffrey Chaucer, incorporated their political views into their literary publications. In one of…

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    There are countless ways to tell a single story. The Wife of Bath in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales has been heavily debated for its supposed genre: is the prologue a sermon or an autobiography, an exemplum, or perhaps something else? Analyzing the prologue leads to the most clear choice being a confession. Though it certainly borrows from other styles of writing, the Wife of Bath’s prologue is primarily a confession from the Wife. “People who study medieval stuff generally recognize the…

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    One way in which Chaucer uses satire is when he describes his beliefs as agreeing with those of the Monk. “That was a text he held not worth an oyster And I agreed and said his views were sound”(pg. 102 lines 186-187). In this, Chaucer is saying that he agrees with what the Monk is saying about the text that he preaches not being worth anything. “The narrator really doesn't…

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    English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer is considered the greater English poet of the Middle Ages. His best-known work, The Canterbury Tales, is a collection of short stories that tell the tale of a variety of characters satirizing Medieval culture, including the Pardoner and the Wife of Bath. The tale of the Wife of Bath superficially values feminism and anti-feminism, depending on your point of view. Social criticism comes from both the Wife and the world she lives in. Chaucer uses a…

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    great writers lived during the Middle Ages, but one stands out as the greatest English writers of the time period. Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the greatest English writers of the Middle Ages, and evidence is clearly seen in the General Prologue, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” and “The Pardoner’s Tale” in The Canterbury Tales. English was the vernacular language of 14th century England, and Chaucer had a wider influence by writing in a language that was more commonly understood by the common people.…

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